Front end shimmy at relatively low speed
#11
Sounds right
One word: Warranty.
Yup.
36psi front on the 2014 Limited
I assume you are running the stock Dunlops, if so the front tire pressure seems high - possibly reducing your contact patch.
I don't know if the recommended tire pressures changed on the '14's, but it is 36 psi on my Limited. Make sure you are at recommended pressure and try again before taking it to the dealer.
If the issue still exists, then I agree the fall away (neck bearing) may need to be adjusted.
I don't know if the recommended tire pressures changed on the '14's, but it is 36 psi on my Limited. Make sure you are at recommended pressure and try again before taking it to the dealer.
If the issue still exists, then I agree the fall away (neck bearing) may need to be adjusted.
#12
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To add to that is a front time thats got some miles on it but still looks to be in good cond with half tread still on it can also cause low speed front end wobble esp when you take hand/hands off the bars.
Scott
To add to that is a front time thats got some miles on it but still looks to be in good cond with half tread still on it can also cause low speed front end wobble esp when you take hand/hands off the bars.
Scott
#13
Please post up when you get info back on this. I didn't think anything of it since it was doing it from day one and I have had another V-Twin (Honda) do the same thing, just thought it had something to do with the way it was setup. Like yours, if I have hands on the bars it does not do it, just thought it was a vibration/wavelength thing like how a bell rings and stops when you touch it. Sonic waves of a sort.......sounded good at the time. I have inspected my bike at the 5000 mile service and the dealer inspected at the 1000 mile and there hasn't been anything at all loose.
#15
And of course today it doesn't do it.
I talked with the service department yesterday, they said to drop it off. So I rode it to work today with plans to take it up there after work.
And now it doesn't do it. AT ALL.
I'm seriously wondering if it was a combination of having two sixers in the right hand bag and nothing in the left, or the road surface or something.
I talked with the service department yesterday, they said to drop it off. So I rode it to work today with plans to take it up there after work.
And now it doesn't do it. AT ALL.
I'm seriously wondering if it was a combination of having two sixers in the right hand bag and nothing in the left, or the road surface or something.
#16
And of course today it doesn't do it.
I talked with the service department yesterday, they said to drop it off. So I rode it to work today with plans to take it up there after work.
And now it doesn't do it. AT ALL.
I'm seriously wondering if it was a combination of having two sixers in the right hand bag and nothing in the left, or the road surface or something.
I talked with the service department yesterday, they said to drop it off. So I rode it to work today with plans to take it up there after work.
And now it doesn't do it. AT ALL.
I'm seriously wondering if it was a combination of having two sixers in the right hand bag and nothing in the left, or the road surface or something.
#18
Mine does the exact same thing. Sometimes when I scratch my nose it bars have a very small shimmy and then sometiemes they don't. I have to believe that this is due to road surfaces, engine RPM, wind, weight differential and tire pressure all combined.
#19
First time that ever happened to me, I was on a trip with a full T-Bag on the passenger seat going through a small town and loosened my grip on the bars....for some reason... and at about 30-35 MPH noticed that wobble. Got to my destination for the night and unloaded then went to get something to eat. No wobble. WTF. Next day all loaded up, wobble was back at about 30-35 MPH. And you do not notice it at all unless you let go of the grips.
Don't know if twelve beers would cause your wobble but the rear end loading does make a difference. And it was the neck bearing being a little loose.
Don't know if twelve beers would cause your wobble but the rear end loading does make a difference. And it was the neck bearing being a little loose.
Last edited by chromepony; 04-14-2015 at 10:11 AM. Reason: Addition
#20
First time that ever happened to me, I was on a trip with a full T-Bag on the passenger seat going through a small town and loosened my grip on the bars....for some reason... and at about 30-35 MPH noticed that wobble. Got to my destination for the night and unloaded then went to get something to eat. No wobble. WTF. Next day all loaded up, wobble was back at about 30-35 MPH. And you do not notice it at all unless you let go of the grips.